Apparatus for animated advertisements



Nov. 5, 1929. F. MARBY APPARATUS FOR ANIMATED ADVERTISEMENTS Filed March 8, 1928 u 1 m I l I I Patented Nov. 5, 1929 1,734,264 i UNITED STATES PATENT'OFFIQE FRIEDRICH MARIBS Z, OF STU'I'TGART, GERMANY APPARATUS FOR ANIMATED ADVERTISEMENTS Application filed March 8, 1928, Serial No. 260,189, and. in Germany September 26, 1927.

The imitations of animated articles comsired shape and of any desired material. In monly used for illuminated advertising prothe cup 1 a vessel 3 is mounted, a compartduce, notwithstanding the illumination, only ment 6 of which is filled with water. An an imperfect and indifferent effect as they electric heating body 5 under the bottom of 5 lack the naturalness and characteristic propthe compartment 6, serves to boil the water erties of the articles which are being adverso that steam is produced. The compartment t-ised. The power of attraction lasts conse- 6 is covered by a perforated plate 18. A pipe quently only a very short time as an adver- 50 serves for supplying water to the comparttisement must be conspicuous. ment 6, the water in excess flowing out 10 This invention has for its object, to imthrough the discharge-pipe 10. In the hollow prove the representation of living beings and Space between the wall of the cup 1 and the of animated articles of any kind for illumi- Wall of the vessel 3 incandescent electric nated advertising as figures, and in plastic or lamps 11 are arranged. In this outwardly in surface representation, so that it attracts in linednpper portion of the wall of vessel 15 lastingly and effectively the attention of the 3 windows 12 with glass-panes are arranged 5 public. through which the rising steam can be seen The arrangement according to the invenlighted from below by the lamps 11. Atranstion is characterized in that the imitated arlucent advertising inscription 15 extends ticle produces at the same time the attendant around the upper portion of the cup 1, this e phenomena and peculiarities of the article. inscription being also lighted by the lamps An advertisement, according to the inven- 11. The outer surface of the cup 1 mightbe tion, representing a cup of coffee, imitates lighted by incandescent electric lamps aralso the rising of steam and for instance the ranged in the saucer 2. In the discharge-pipe stirring of the coffee with a spoon. 10 at the lowest point of the saucer 2 a second 25 By this form of construction of the adverinlet hole 16 is arranged through which raintising figures in combination with light-efwater, which might have collected in the feet, a very efficient advertisement is obsaucer, flows into said discharge-pipe. In tained, having a long lasting effect on the the cup 1 a spoon 9 is mounted which is moved public, so that the purpose of the advertise directly or through the intermediary of a 0 ment is perfectly and completely attained. transmission-gear from the shaft 8 of an elecso ll ith the aid of the advertising arrangement, tromotor 7 mounted in the lower portion of according to the invention an effective adverthe cup so that the effect is increased considtising can be obtained also for articles for embly, which hitherto only an imperfect effect could I claim 3; be obtained bv means of the commonly used 1. An apparatus for animated advertise- 1 illuminated advertising. ments, comprising in combination with a wall An embodiment of the invention is illusb a k t in th form of an out tr tch d hand, trated, by way of example. in he acc panya structure imitating a saucer and a cup fixed ing ClI'ZIWIIIQZ. 1n whlch t on said wall bracket, a translucent advertis- 40 Fig. 1 shows, one half in elevation and one i g in ripti xte di ar u d th upper 1 half 1n sect1on, structure imitating a cup rti f aid a v l artly fill d filled with steamln 11 Coffee with water in the cup having an outwardly Flg. 2 is a QD-planv1ew of Fig. 1. inclined rim with apertures closed by glass The advertisement shown consists for panes, an i d t h ti b d on th 4.7 instance Of lQOfljQE Q1113 1 Wltll saucer 2 held 011 bottg n of aid vessel a, perforated plate in a support 1{ imitat ng an outs re h h said vessel above the water level at the lower This advertisement is useful for coffee-stores, d f id t dly i li d i i co fee-st groceries. im houses a d th descent lamps in said cup underneath said like. 1 outwardly inclined rim to light through said Thecup 1 and the saucer 2 are of any deglass panes the steam rising from the water 109 I in said vessel, a pipe for supplying water to said Vessel, a discharge pipe for the water in excess from said vessel, and electric lamps in said saucer for lighting the outer surface i 5 said cup.

2. In an apparatus for animated advertisements as specified in claim 1, in combination with the cup, an electromotor 0n the bottom of said cup, and a spoon loosely mounted in said cup and moved from said electromotor to imitate stirring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my-signature.

. ,FRIEDRIGHMARBY. I 

